Johanna C Weborg (abt. 1861 - 1930)

Ancestors

Died 1930 at about age 69 in Door County, Wisconsin

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Biography

Johanna was born in1861. She is the daughter of Peder Wiborg and Oluffa Wigg.^[1]

In the 1870 census we find the following living in Ephraim, Door County, Wisconsin, USA^[2]:

• WEBORG, Peter; Age: 46 male; Occupation: cooper; Birthplace: Norway [Per (Peter) Olsen Wiborg, who was born in 1823, the son of Ole Henriksen Wiborg & Marie Olsdatter Hjetlund; Moved to Ålesund in 1841 & married Oluffa Elisabet Vik] ^[2]
• WEBORG, Olivia E; Age: 40 female; Occupation: keeping house; Birthplace: Norway [Oluffa Elisabet was routinely anglicized to Olivia Elisabeth]^[2]
• WEBORG, Olivia; Age: 21 female; Occupation: at home; Birthplace: Norway [Per Olsen Wiborg and Oluffa Elisabet Vik had a female child born in 1849 for whom NN (i.e., no name) is listed]^[2]
• WEBORG, Martha; S Age: 17 female; Occupation: at home; Birthplace: Wisconsin ^[2]
• WEBORG, Laura; Age: 15 female; Occupation: at home; Birthplace: Wisconsin ^[2]
• WEBORG, Kanouse; Age: 12 male; Occupation: at home; Birthplace: Wisconsin^[2]
• WEBORG, Hannah; Age: 8 female; Occupation: at home; Birthplace: Wisconsin^[2]
• WEBORG, Vida ?; Age: 5 ???male???; Occupation: at home; Birthplace: Wisconsin ^[2]
• WEBORG, Alfred M; Age: 3 male; Occupation: at home; Birthplace: Wisconsin^[2]

We find her grave as part of a family grouping in the Ephraim Moravian Cemetery behind the church in the Village of Ephraim^[3]:

• WEBORG, Peder/1823-1913,
• WEBORG, Oluffa/1827-1888
• WEBORG, Olivia/1849-1883,
• WEBORG, Martha/1851-1876,
• WEBORG, Johanna/1861-1930,

Johanna Weborg wrote, "In Viking land, or, A summer tour in Norway." It was illustrated by her sister, Vida Weborg, and published in 1901. It is possible to read "In Viking land, or, A summer tour in Norway" online at this site: https://archive.org/details/invikinglandorsu00webo

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #45667687 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 August 2018), memorial page for Johanna C. Weborg (1861–1930), Find A Grave Memorial no. 45667687, citing Ephraim Moravian Cemetery, Ephraim, Door County, Wisconsin, USA ; Maintained by AlleCattPaws (contributor 46897564) .
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9} The U.S. Census for 1870 in the state of Wisconsin; County: Door; Township: Gibraltar; Post office: Ephraim, Page 33B; lines 19-27.
3. ↑ http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wipgs/PGS/TownofGibraltarCemEphraimMoravian.htm